First minutes captured on the iphone to send out to family and friends.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
april 2013- iphone picture from Sam
Sam is quickly becoming our substitue photographer.
These are some shots I found on the iphone. Mind you he has his own camera now too, that I can't wait to download and share as well. I think he does a great job capturing true life at our home and I appreciate it. I love seeing pictures of me and Jake interacting with the kids that we don't normally get because we are behind the camera. I love the pictures of random things he feels are important like the easter decor or his tow truck. I love that these are a handful of around 60 that were on there to pick from. I love that we now share an interest.
March 17, 2013
Jake's trip to Thailand.
Yes, I'm trying to forget about how he went on this luxury trip without me as well.
There was a sweet hotel with his own private pool and free room service and spa service, elephant rides, snorkeling, boxing matches, sight seeing, monkey islands and some networking and conferencing.... a least a little I'm told. And some hanging out with Vegan Jews because they happened to be the only other guys who didn't like drinking and clubbing all night. Jake tells me that because the resort had free drinks to the guests of this conference everyone was drunk a lot, but that the people putting on the events soon figured out that Jake didn't drink alcohol and would always follow him around with a diet coke. Funny stuff. Of course there was also 20 hour trips to try to get there and back home. Next year if he gets invited again, I intend to be not pregnant or nursing and get to join the fun.
March 2013
Here is our trip to the Lego exhibit at the Kimball Art Center.
Remember how our kids all love Legos. Even Marianne lovers her blocks- more than I can remember any other 18 month old liking blocks. The kids sit for hours at the kitchen counter constructing things out of Legos.... like all of Sunday General Conference- both sessions.
So when we found out that there was a Lego Art Exhbit in Park City for the month we ventured to it. Then we ate Chinese Food. It should have been Kate and Sam's favorite day, but if I remember right there was lots of complaining.
I was impressed with the Lego art anyways.
May 1, 2013
A collection of images from the past two weeks.
2. Marianne holds Bethany and is thrilled- Bethany a few days old
3. Grandma Anderson comes over to say hello and help us out. Sam crushin on his new baby sis.
4. Lest you think Sam is all sweetness, here he is pretending to kill a lion jumping off the couch with a toy knife twenty or more times. You can see the poster in the background that Kate has made and hung for Bethany. It says "Welcome Bethany" and has butterflies on it.
5. Bethany one week old to the minute.
6. Bethany a first picture I got with her eyes open.
7. Sam and Marianne eating snacks and watching Mom's laptop
8. Marianne excited to go somewhere. Another note about M- she finally says "I love you". I've only been trying to coax it out of her for a year or more.
9. Bethany's first outing. To her two week apt. 8lbs 2 oz now and healthy as can be, aside from a little colic and a poorly healing belly button. This is also the first time she has ever worn a hat, because it was cold outside. Otherwise we tend to not cover up that cute red hair. Also she is wearing her pea coat again, this is what she wore home from the hospital too. It might seem a silly thing, but I think all little baby girls should have a pea coat.... because it is the most adorable thing ever.
10. More Sam and Marianne eating snacks and watching my laptop. Bethany takes up to 40 minutes sometimes to eat, she is insatiable it seems, good thing I have a collection of letters and numbers DVD's that happen to be 35 minutes long each. I set them up next to be and Bethany sometimes three times a day just like this. It is paying off. Marianne now knows a handful of letters and sounds. Also I kind of love my bed when I've just had a baby. I just want to spend all day in it cuddling my new baby and taking naps. Thankfully a lot of that has been happening. Sometimes I'm happy to have an additional kid or two next to me cuddling, reading books or playing the computer.
Notice there are no pictures of Kate. That is because when four kids are home it is crazy town. When Kate is at school and at least one baby girl is sleeping I sometimes manage to get the camera out. But Kate did recently receive the Bully Blocker award at school and was super excited about it. She really is kind and a friend to everyone. I imagine she would stand up to a bully too.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
april 28, 2013
Before church today I was determined to take some pictures of my darling newborn and her siblings. Before she gets one day older.
Of course it was madness. What made me think I could get FOUR kids to copperate and sit at the same time? You have to be really good at kids bribing, or really good and swapping out whole bodies in editing to get a picture of four kids this young I've decided..... and neither of these are skills I posses. But Baby Bethany was sweet as can be and let me shoot pictures of her in the open sunlight on my bed long after I sent the kids away and to church without us. She was sure to make lots of cross eyed and grumpy man faces lest i forget what she actually looks like most the time. And then all tired out we cozy-ed up together and took a nap for the next two hours. It took me four kids, but I think I can finally take a decent newborn picture. Hooray.
Some notes about Bethany's first week.
Bethany has been our healthiest newborn yet. With Kate we dealt with bowel and urine issues, thrush, and her not wanting to eat or sleep. With Sam we dealt with thrush and a horrible diaper rash. With Marianne we dealt with jaundice, blood sugar issues, thrush, diaper rash, strep, and hearing problems. All of these resulted in me taking my newborn babies back to the hospital or doctors several times before they had even been home a week. Not Bethany. She has none of these problems thankfully and we dont look like we will be at the doc's until the normal two week check up. Hooray! All of this has meant more cuddling time and a lot less worry from Mom. She started to look really yellow/ orange for a day or two but it quickly went away.
Bethany is sleeping and eating great now. She has periods of awake time which we don't mind. Usually they are in the early morning hours from 2-4 am but I don't really mind this. She sleeps most the day while I take care of other things, and work and even usually get a nap. We've been able to get her to take a bottle too and hopefully she can keep it up. She is kind of a slow nurser, compared to Sam and Marianne at least and takes at least 30 minutes usually, then drifts off to sleep usually. Then wakes 3 hours later ready to repeat. She will sleep in your arms, on your shoulder, by your side in bed, in her pod chair and in the boppy pillow. She will sleep swaddled or unswaddled. She is pretty unbias when it comes to sleeping.
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Bethany is noisy. In a very sweet way. She grunts and coos and hums all day while she sleeps. She even seems to call back to us. Mary was crying earlier and she seemed to call back at each cry. She has done it a time or two with me as well it seems She makes a lot of silly faces. And sleeps despite chaos around her some how. She is sometimes left awake in bed for a while when I am in the middle of caring for other kids but doesn't seem to mind too much.
Everyone has lots to say about her beautiful red hair.
We've seen a small few smiles from her and love it.
On Friday I went with the three olders to the grocery store. Bethany stayed home with Dad watching over. It was the first time we'd been more than a few feet apart
So far she is being called Bethany and Beth. Baby Bethany, Baby Bethy, Bethy and My Darling.
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